The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-03-04

within sight of Franconia Notch. 81
must send it to you, Miss. 1t is but
twenty dollars"
.'Oh, nor SAID Molly. Il can not
buy it. have hat already"
''Oh; but it is poor velvet, this tur-
ban. 1t is not the mode, neither. This
is the thing, entirely. Not SO, Miss
Parsons?n
1T is very pretty and very becom-
ing, F" said Amy, casting a contemptu-
Gus look on Molly's country-made head
gear.
"But don't want it." said Molly,
putting on her turban and resolutely
leaving the shop.
Three days after a little bandbox was
left at Mrs. Parsons door, directed to
MOLLY. When she came from school it.
was on her dressing table, and within
it the pretty homeland the bill.
Molly's face grew set. She retied her
school hat, picked up the bandbox and
went down into the dining-room where
her aunt was at lunch.
"Aunt Frances" she said, '.will you
excuse me from lunch? want to 90
down to Madame Aries shop"
"What is the matter, Molly? You
look very determined" asked her aunt;
and Molly explained.
'.Just one of her tricksr' remarked
Amy; "she sent 'Tilda Forbes bonnet
just in that way last year; and 'Tilda
kept it.
"But shall not" said Molly "Amy,
did she say any thing about it after I
left you there?"
''She only said it was a pity you
would not take the bonnet, it was so
becoming; and / said yes, it was; then
| hurried out after you
"Wouldn't you prefer to wait till
after lunch, and 90 down in the car
riage with me?" asked Mrs Parsons.
ooh, no, thank you; I want to take
| it directly back" and Molly walked
off with the box.
Aida shrugged her shoulders, trick
she had learned abroad.
81 would not face Madame Aries
with that bonnet for good DEAL" she
said.
But Molly did face the angry mil
liner.
''1our cousin order it, she didr'
mo, Madame, she did not" an
swered resolute Molly. 'sShe told me
just what she said; nobody ordered it.
| do not want it, and / shall not take
it. And in torrent of words she
left the store, little pale and fright
ened, but leaving the box behind her.
"You did right" was her aunt's
comment.
Shortly after this affair Mr.. Bates
brought little Achsah down to stay a
few days with her sister. The child
was nearly crazy with the sights and
sounds OF the great city, and Molly
never had harder work in her life than
walking with Axe down Broadway.
She never dared trust her with any one
else; but Axe was eager to 90 with
Frank, evidently thinking he would
not restrain her as Molly did. One
day, as she turned from a window full
of toys, where she had kept her patient
sister waiting at least fifteen minutes,
she saw Frank a few steps off going
down the street; suddenly she pulled
her hand from Molly's and ran after
him. Molly followed, thinking natu-
rally that the child would overtake
Frank, and that he would stop till she
caught up with them; for he had never
been anxious, in spite of Axes entreat-
les, to guide her through the city.
But before Axe quite reached the boy
he turned to cross the street, hurrying
to dodge the heavy vehicles that
crowded the roadway. Mollie flew, for
she saw an omnibus rolling down right
above the crossing, and unconscious
Axe trotting along regardless of dam
ger.
One moment of horror, a swift
spring, and Molly had caught Axes
dress and pulled her back, but slipped
| herself, and the horse nearest to her
had trodden on her arm and broken it,
| before the lookers-on could stop the
| omnibus, or the driver saw what was
the matter. But the horses were
stopped just before the wheel was
about to cross the PROSTATE girl; and
she was lifted from the mud, the unin-
jured hand still grasplng Axe, who was
roaring with fright and anger.
Molly opened her eyes on the sofa of
shoe-store, Axe kicking and scream
ing in the arms of a strange man; her
own dress covered with dirt, and her
left arm hanging helpless; bnt she
could tell where she belonged, and a
carriage was sent for at once.
Poor Molly! her holidays were spoiled.
Axe was sent home at once in great
dudgeon, and the bruised and broken
arm was five long weeks painful and
helpless before she could again use it.
In all that time she was so patient, SO
enduring, so cheerful, that every one of
the household became deeply attached
to her; and the first day she was able
to come to the dinner-table Uncle Par.
sons said, with a twinkle in his eye:
Frank, you used to tell me Molly
was such a coward; and here she has
faced down milliner whom neither
Aida nor Amy would have dared tc
encounterr'
"No indeed!' they both chorused.
"And dragged her small sister from
under pair of omnibus horses; and
had a compound fracture set without
cry. How is that for coward?"
"Oh, Uncle Parsonsr' exclaimed
Molly, Crank is right. was awfullv
afraid of Madame Aries and of the
horses and of the doctor. / am afraid
of almost every thing"
''But you did those things just as IL
you were brave"
ooh yes; they had to be done
whether | was afraid or not.
Him" said Uncle Parsons.